Leslie S. Kawamura

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors
FirstName / namefirst	Leslie
LastName / namelast	Kawamura
namemiddle	Sumio
MainNamePhon	Leslie S. Kawamura
SortName	Kawamura, Leslie
bio	Leslie S. Kawamura was an Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta. He held a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, in Far Eastern Studies (1974). He studied at the Kyoto University (Japan) and taught at the Nyingma Institute (Berkeley), Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley), and the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon). His publications include Mind in Buddhist Psychology (with H.V. Guenther, Dharma Press, 1975) and Golden Zephyr (Dharma Press, 1975). He was a founding member of the Honpa Buddhist Church of Alberta and the Canada-Mongolia Society. (Adapted from Source May 18, 2021)
YearBirth	1935/07/07
YearDeath	2011/03/10
BornIn	Raymond, Alberta, Canada
affiliation	University of Calgary
phduniversity	University of Saskatchewan
education	PhD in Far Eastern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1974
IsInGyatsa	No
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Full Name

Leslie S. Kawamura

Affiliation

University of Calgary

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.